Combination fare-box.



D. B. WHISTLER.

COMBINATION FARE BOX. APPLICATION FILED JULY M1916: v I

Patented July 24, 1917.

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D. B. WHISTLER.

COMBlNATlON FARE BOX. APPLICATION FILED JULY 13.1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID B. WHISTLER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN RAILWAYS EQUIPMENT COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

COMBINATION FARE-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 191 '7.

Application filed July 13, 1916. Serial No. 109,165.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID B. lVr-ns'rnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Fare-Boxes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in registering fare boxes and has for its object to provide a fare box to handle both cash and ticket fares in a unitary machine in which the fares are received in a common receptacle for both kinds of fares and are separated and registered by the same movements employed in the operation of an ordinary fare box. I

The present invention comprises the usual receiving box into which the fares are paid and in which the same may be visually examined before being registered, and a device into which the fares are delivered from the receiving box and in which coin and ticket fares are separated; also registering mechanism to register the value of the coins and the total of all fares collected.

All requirements for collecting and registering the two general kinds of fares, coin and paper fares, are provided for in the in- ,vention. Transfers, coupons, passes, etc.,

every kind of fare not usually collected through a fare box can, nevertheless, be registered on the present device, and the total of all fares collected, as well as the money value of the cash fares, can be ascertained direct from the fare box counters, rendering theuse of fare registers in addition to fare boxes, as is now common practice, unnecessary. The combining of the essential functions of fare register and fare box in a single machine results not only in material savings in the cost of fare register equipment. but makes possible greater economy and efliciency of operation as well in the general system of fare collecting and accounting.

The present invention is in the form of an attachment which may be applied to any of the well known types of registering fare boxes and operated therewith as an integral part of the machine without changing or in creasing the regular movements of operaconditions or exigencies of use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a fare box to which i the fare separating device of the present invention has been applied, the casing being broken away to show the relation of the fare separating device to the fare receiving box and coin hopper of the fare box. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the device showing its relation to and the manner of connectin the same with the operating'mechanism of the fare box, the operating mechanism being shown partly in section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device with one of the casing plates removed, showing the manner in which mixed fares are delivered to the separating mechanism. Fig. at is a sectional view of the mechanism shown in Fig. with the parts moved to different positions to show the manner in which ticket fares are removed 7 from the separator, dotted parts being shown in phantom. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the separating device, the total fare and coin registering mechanisms, and the con nections between the fare separating device and the operating mechanism of the fare box.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a casing in which the fare box mechanism is inclosed; 2 is an extension of the casing forming storage space for the tickets after the same have been separated from the coins and canceled; 3, 3, 8" are plates forming a frame or casing supporting the fare separating mecha nism. The plates 4, 4 form the bottom of the receiving box 1, and serve to receive the mixed fares, as the same are paid into the box through the opening 1 and display the has the opening 1 into which all fares,-.

whether coins or tickets, are paid, the baffle plates 1 serving to guide the fares to fall centrally upon plates at, and to prevent removal of the fares from the receiving box after the same have been delivered therein. Plates a, a are hinged upon shafts 5, having bearings in side plates 3, 3"; and se cured to the ends of shafts 5, 5, which protrude through plate 3", are arms 5, 6 connected by means of pins 7,7 and slots 26, 26 to plate 9 by means of which opening and closing movements are imparted to plates 4, a as will presently be described.- \Vhen the fare box is operated by turning crank handle 10, movement is transmitted through gears 12 'and 13, shaft 11, gears 12 and 13 to shaft let which is supported in a long bearing 15; and through the coupling 16, 17 the movement s trans- 'mitted to shaft 18 having bearings in plates 3 and 3", the shaft extending through plate 3 and having secured thereto gear of gear train 19, 20, and

19 forming part 21. Also secured to shaft 18 androtating therewith is a cylinder 28 provided with apertures 29 and teeth 30; and supported in hearings in the lower part of plates 3 and 3 is shaft 23 which has secured'thereto, between plates 3, 3", a plate 31 having apertures 3 1, 35, ribs 33 and an upward extension 32, the plate being centered upon shaft 23, has a relatively fixed relation to cylinder 28 and, rocking upon the shaft, has 'movements toward and away from the cylinder for a purpose which will presently be described. The shaft 23 has secured to its outer end an arm 2st which lies in the path of and is actuated by a cam 22, se-

cured "to the outer face of gear 21; the free end'of the arm being connected to the plate 9 as shown in Fig. 3. In the upper and central part of plate 9 is a slot 25 which provides for a limited vertical movement of'tho plate, the plate being held in vertical position by retaining screw 27 to which is attached one end of spring 28*, the other end of which is connected to the free end of arm 24.

It will thus be seen that when the crank handle 10 is operated movement will be transmitted through the connecting shafts and gears to cylinder 28 and to gear 21 to which is secured tripping cam 22; the ratio of the gears being such that five turns of the operating handle are required to move gear 21 one complete turn, causingcam 22 to engage arm 2-1 at each fifth operation of the fare box; the arm being forced down by the cam causes a partial rotation of shaft 23 and plate 31 is moved away from cylinder 28; also with the downward movement of arm 24'plate 9 is drawn down and plates 4 4/ are moved to their lowered position as shown in Fig. 3, causing any fares upon the plates to fall into the fare separating mechanism. The holes 34 and 35 in plate 31 and the holes 29 in cylinder 28 are of suitable size to permit nickels, the largest coin to be registered, to pass therethrough into the coin hopper A, but are too small to permit tickets to pass therethrough. WVhen mixed fares are delivered into the separating mechanism the coins, being heavier than the tickets, gravitate through the holes in plate 31 into the coin hopper and, occasionally when the machine is operated rapidly, coins will pass through the holes in cylinder 28 and thence into the coin hopper. As soon as cam 22 is free f arm 2 1 the parts carried by shaft 23,'the plate 9 and stored to normal position as shown in Fig. 1 by action of spring 28; the tickets remaining in the mechanism, after the coins have been separated therefrom, will be drop plates 4: 4 will be repressed against the periphery of cylinder with canceling roller 36 to supply ink there.

to. A guard plate 38 prevents the tickets being carried too far on cylinder 28, the plate being provided with clearance notches 39 for teeth 30. I r

A counter 41 is provided to register the total number of fares of both kinds paid into the fare box, one unit being registered at each operation'of the machine. Counter 42 is the regular fare box counter, common to all registering fare boxes, for computing the sum of the cash fares. Counter 41 is actuated direct from shaft 11 by an actu ator 43 slida'bly secured to shaft 11. The unit of registration of the fares is made on counter 41 immediately as the fares are paid into the box, but the value registration of coins takes place during subsequent operations of the fare box. It is obvious, therefore, that the registering mechanism must be cleared of fares at the end of each period of work. To prevent further registration on counter 11 when the machine is cleared, the actuator 43 is moved out of engagement with the counter by' means of puslrrod 44. The value of coins, however, remaining in the mechanism when the fare box is cleared, will be registered on counter 42in the regular Way;

Bell mechanism of any suitable construction may also be employed in connection with the device to signal the registrations, making the device complete in all respects to meet the requirements without the use of supplemental fare registers; my purpose being to provide a unitary machine of. simthe same into difierent receptacles which 7 may be locked if desired so that only authorized persons may have access thereto. Provision is also made to cancel the tickets which is generally desirable when tickets are collected through the fare box.

The limitation of registering fare boxes, of earlier types to handle cash fares only, requiring a separate device upon which to register tickets and all fares other than cash fares, has imposed upon conductors a dual system of fare registration more or less burdensome because of the increased attention required, and. has given rise to opportunities for irregularities which have grown to such extent as to seriously impair the effectiveness of the dual system of fare registration. The remedy has been found by adding to the functions of the fare box those of the fare register, combining these functions in an integrally'constructed and operated machine to receive both coin and ticket fares and to separate and register the same without increasing the movements required in the operation of the regular fare box or requiring increased attention by conductors, and, at the same t1me, surrounding the collection of'ticket fares, and all fares having money value, with the same fare box safeguards that have heretofore applied to the collecting of cash fares only. The adaptability of the registering fare box as a universal fare registering device has thus been more fully realized and the fare box method of handling fares has been made more practicable and effective.

While I have shown and described my invention as applied to a fare box of a Well known type of construction, it will be apparent that the invention is not limited to devices of this character. Various changes can be made in the construction and ar-- limited in its application to one form of fare box construction, nor to the exact construction of mechanism shown in the drawings. What I Clilll'IlflS new. and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

said plates and to cause coins to pass through said apertures, and movable toward the cylinder and coacting therewith to remove tickets from the separator; and means to operate said machine.

2. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coin and 7 ticket fares, and a device to receive and .de-

liver fares thereto; said separator comprising a rotatable part, and an apertured, hinged part movable away from the rotatable part to admit fares from said fare delivering device into the separator and to cause coins to pass through said apertures, and movable toward said rotatable part and coacting therewith to remove tickets fromthe separator; and means to operate said machine.

4. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, and a part having a raised and a lowered position to receive and deliver fares thereto; said separator comprising an apertured, rotatable part and an apertured part movable away from said rotatable part to admit fares from said fare delivering part 7 into the separator and to cause coins to pass through said apertures, and movable toward the rotatable part and coacting therewith to remove tickets from the separator; and means to operate said machine.

5. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, a common receiving box for 7 said fares having means to deliver the same to the separator; said separator comprising a cylinder and a part coacting therewith to receive fares from said receiving box and to separate the coins and tickets; and means to operate said machine.

6. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, a common receiving box for said fares having a sight opening through which fares therein may be examined, and means to do:

liver the fares to the separator; said sepa rator comprising a rotatable part and a part having movement away from and toward said rotatable part and coacting therewith to admit fares from saidreceiving box into the separator and to separate'the coins and tickets; and means to'operate said machine.

7. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, a common receiving box for said fares, and means to deliver said fares into the separator; said separator comprising a cylinder and an apertured part coacting therewith to admit fares from the receiving box into the separator and to cause coins to pass through said apertures and to remove tickets from the separator; and means to operate said machine.

8. In a machine of the characterdescribed; a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, and a device intermittently movable to a raised and a lowered position to receive and deliver fares thereto; said separator comprising a rotatable part and a part having movement away from and toward said rotatable part and coacting therewith to admit fares from'said device into the separator and to separate the coins and tickets; and means to operate said machine.

9. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, and an operable device to receive and deliver fares thereto; said separator comprising a rotatable part and a part having movement away from and toward said rotatable part and coacting therewith to admit fares from said device into the separator and to separate the coins and tickets; and means to operate said machine.

10. In a machine of the character described a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, and an operable device to receive and deliver fares thereto; said separator comprising a rotatable part and a part having movement away from and toward said rotatable part and coaeting therewith to admit fares from said device into the separatorand to cause coins to pass through said apertures and tickets to be removed from the separator; an operative connection between said operable device and the last mentioned part of said separator and means to operatesaid machine.

11. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, comprising an apertured, rotatable part and an apertured part having movement away from and toward said rotatable part and coacting therewith to admit fares into the separator and to cause coins to pass through said apertures and tickets to be removed from the separator; and means to operate said machine.

12. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares comprising a cylinder and an apertured parthaving movement away from and toward the cylinder and coacting therewith to admit fares into the separator and to cause coins to pass through said apertures and tickets to be removed from the separator; and means to operate said machine.

13. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, comprising a rotatable part and an apertured part intermittently movable away from and toward said rotatable part and coacting therewith to admit fares into the separator and to cause coins to pass through said apertures and tickets to be removed from the separator; and means to operate said machine.

14. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, comprising a rotatable part and an apertured part movable away from said rotatable part to admit fares into the separator and eoacting with the rotatable part to cause coins to pass through said apertures and to cause tickets to be removed from the separator; and means to operate said machine.

15. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, comprising an apertured cylinder and an apertured part movable away from the cylinder to admit fares into the separator and to cause coins to pass through said apertures, and movable toward the cylinder and coacting therewith to cause tickets to be removed vfrom the separator;

and means to operate said machine. 7

16. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, comprising a toothed cylinder and an apertured, ribbed part movable away from the cylinder to admit fares into the separator and to cause coins to pass through said apertures and movable toward the cylinder to cause said teeth and said ribs to co-act to remove tickets from the separator;

and-means 'to operate said machine.

ticket fares, comprising a rotatable part,

and a ribbed, apertured partmovable away from said rotatable part to admit fares into the separator and to cause coin to pass through said apertures, and movable toward said rotatable part to cause said ribs to coact therewith to remove tickets from the separator; and means to operate said machine.

19. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, comprising a rotatable part and an apertured, concaved part having movement away from said rotatable part to admit fares into the separator and to cause coins to pass through said apertures, and movable toward said part to remove tickets from the separator; and means to operate said machine.

20. In a machine of the character de' scribed; a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, comprising a cylinder and an apertured, concaved part movable away from the cylinder to admit fares into the separator and to cause coins to pass through said apertures, and movable toward the cylinder to cause said concavity and the periphery of the cylinder to coact to remove tickets from the separator.

21. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, comprising an apertured rotatable cylinder and an apertured part having a concaved surface conforming to the convex surface of the cylinder, and movable away from the cylinder to admit fares into the separator and to cause coins to pass through said apertures, and movable toward the cylinder to cause said concaved and convex surfaces to coact to remove tickets from the separator.

22. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, and a device to deliver fares thereto; said separator comprising a part having an upwardly extending portion cooperating with said device to deliver fares into the separator, and a part coacting with the first named part to separate the coins and tickets.

23. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares and an intermittently operable device to deliver fares thereto; said separator comprising a rotatable part and a part operable in unison with said delivery device to admit fares into the separator and coacting with said rotatable part to separate the coins and tickets.

24. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, and a device to deliver fares thereto; said separator comprising a rotating part and a part connected with said de vice and movable in unison therewith to admit fares to the separator and coacting with said rotating member to separate the coins and tickets; and means to operate said machine.

25. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed fares, and an intermittently operable device to deliver fares thereto; said separator comprising a rotary part and a part operable in unison with said device to admit fares into the separator and coacting with said rotating part to separate the fares; and means to operate said machine.

26. In a machine of the character described, a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares having means to permit coins to pass therefrom by gravity, a device having teeth to engage and remove the tickets from said separator, and means to disengage the tickets from said teeth.

DAVID B. WHISTLER.

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